Machine for winding yarn on shuttle-bobbins



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' R. O. NEWELL.

MACHINE FOR WINDING YARN ON SHUTTLE ROBBINS.

' Patented July 12, 1887.

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MACHINE FOR WINDING YARN 0N SHUTTLE BOBBINS. No. 366,238.

Patented July 12, 1887.

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MACHINE FOR WINDING YARN ON SHUTTLE BOBBINS.

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ROSOIUS G. NEl/VELL, OF THREE RIVERS, MASSACHUSETTS MACHINE FOR WiNDING YARN ON SHUTTLE-BOBBINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,238, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed November 29, 1886. Serial No. 220,195. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rosorus G. N nwnLL, of Three Rivers, Palmer, Hampden county, Massachusetts, have invented Improvements in W'inding Yarn, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists, as hereinafter specified in my claims, of a twisting or spinning frame having its creel removed and its spindles adapted to receive shuttle bobbins or quills, and provided with filling-builder mech anism for properly actuating the lifting-rods and ringrails of said frame, and a stop-motion mechanism for the purpose of stopping the machine automatically, in combination with one or more yarn-holding beams mounted thereon, substantially as hereinafter described."

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows a View in elevation of a section of one side of a twistingframe arranged aecordingto my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in cross section of my invention. Figs. 8, 4, 5, and 6 show details of my invention.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A is a twistingframe, from which the creel has been removed and the beams of yarn B B mounted thereon between and above the lines of rolls 0 O, which are on opposite sides of said frame. The said frame is provided with positivelydriven spindles S -2'. 6., spindles directly and positively rotated by means of bands S, passing around their whirls S and around the band-- cylinder S or in any similar manner, said spindles being adapted to receive shuttle bob bins or quills S, and having stop-motion mechanism d between the rolls 0 and spindles S, said stop-motion being arranged and operating substantially as shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States issued to James and Thomas Walmsley, November 1, 1870, ,No. 108,856, and in practice having the vertically-guided fallcr-wires cl of Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings hinged to the free ends of the faller-levers 0 shown in the said patent. On each side and abreast of each of the beams of yarn B Bis placed a curved raddle or comb, E F, through which the yarn passes to and through the rolls 0, through the stop-motion mechanism (Z, to and through the travelers T on the rings T, to the shuttlebobbins or quills on the spindles S, suitable guides, 9 g, and 9, being employed to direct frame than heretofore without any increase in the cost of the preceding processes of warping, dyeing, and beaming. Several small beams or sections can be thus beamed at once from a large chain of yarn containing seven hundred ends or more without any intermediate pro cess of splitting the chain. The sections thus form ed are more readily handled than the large unwieldy beams, and the ends or threads are led off in a better manner to the rolls; and a preferable method of conducting and guiding the ends to and through the rolls is secured, when two or more beams are employed upon one machine, the threads diverging less widely from the beam, as is obvious from an inspection of Fig. 1.

The advantages in having a small number of spindles in each frame are obvious, among which may be mentioned the increased production per spindle, due to the fact that when the mechanism is required to be stopped for piecing, dotting, or other purposes, only a small number of spindles are rendered temporarily idle and inoperative.

By having more than one raddle or comb to each sectional beam, and located on opposite sides of the machine, substantially as shown, with the threads leading to a line of rolls on each side of the frame, the ends or threads of yarn are more widely separated than would otherwise be possible in their passage from the beam to the rolls, resulting in again lessening the liability to breakage and tangling,and a consequent'reduced quantity of waste, and increased production.

By the employment of a stop-motion mechanism to automatically bring the machinery of the frame to a standstill when a thread or end of yarn breaks in the operation of quilt ing or winding yarn onto shuttle bobbins or quills, the liability of .tangling on account of breakage and the consequent loss in time and waste is reduced to a minimum.

Figs. 3 and 4. show in cross'section and front ing yarn in the process of quilling.

elevation, respectively, the employment of a pair of rolls as ordinarily used in twisters. Figs. 5 and 6 show in cross-section and front elevation, respectively, the use of the rolls of a spinning-frame with all but one of the top rolls removed.

To adapt a twisting-frame for ordinary use as a quilling-machine, a proper speed should be imparted to the rolls and spindles, so that very little, if any, twist will be put into the mov- The tension of the yarn between the rolls 0 and the shuttle-bobbins carried on the positivelydriven spindles S is regulated and the yarn is guided in the final act of winding by the ringtravelersT with decided advantages over other devices in the convenience that is secured in the manipulation of the twist in the process of quilling or winding yarn onto shuttle bobbins or quills, when ring-travelers are so used. The size, weight, and number of the travelers determine the degree of compactness of the yarn wound on the bobbins or quills. A convenient form of ring-traveler for this use is that known as a vertical traveler, (with suitable rings,) the traveler being placed vertically on the ring; or several light travelers may be used as a compound traveler by being sprung onto the beaded edge or flange of the ring in the ordinary manner. More than two beams of yarn may be mounted on the said frame, if desired.

The builder mechanism X may be of any usual construction employed in winding shuttle-bobbins.

I have shown in the accompanying drawings a convenient form in which motion is communicated from the shaft of the cylinder S by the gearing m, 00 and 00 to the cam 00 which acts against a pin or roller on the lever 00 This lever x has mounted thereon a drum, x, around which is wrapped one end of a flexible connector, or, connected at its other end by a two or more rockshafts, x connected by arms and rods to cause them to move simultaneously and act upon the lifting-rods m" at different points along the machine, all as ordinarily. The drum x has attached thereto a worm-gear, as, engaged by a worm, as, on a shaft carry'ing at its opposite end a ratchet-wheel, 00 engaged and rotated by pawlandratchet devices similar to those for a like purpose shown in United States Letters Patent to G. E. Taft, No. 222,330 of December 2, 1879.

What I claim is l. The combination of a twisting-frame provided with spindles adapted to receive shuttle bobbins or quills and having a line of rolls on each side thereof, a stop mechanism, and a cone or filling-builder mechanism comprising a ring-rail, rings and travelers, and devices for raising and lowering the ring-rail, said rings and travelers being between said spindles and rolls, with one or more yarn-holding beams placed above said rolls, substantially as dcscribed.

2. The combination of two or more yarn-holding beams with a twisting-frame provided with raddlesor combs E E, opposite lines of rolls, guides g g g, a filling-builder mechanism having rings and travelers, stop-motion mechanism d, and bobbin receiving spindles and means for positively driving said spindles, the whole arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

ROSOIUS O. NENVELL 

